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<br /> <br />Attorney at Law <br />3900 Northwoods Drive <br />Suite 250 <br />St. Paul, MN 55112 <br /> <br />Telephone (651) 332-8735 <br />Facsimile (651) 332-8795 <br /> <br />February 12, 2007 <br /> <br />SENT VIA EMAIL <br /> <br />Mayor Craig Klausing <br />Council Member Amy Ihlan <br />Council Member Tom Kough <br />Cou ncil Member Tammy Pust <br />Council Member Dan Roe <br /> <br />Dear Mayor and Council Members: <br /> <br />I represent the Stafnes in their application for a minor subdivision, which will be <br />heard by the City Council this evening. I write this letter in an effort to save Council <br />time this evening. <br /> <br />The application you will be hearing tonight is a modification of the one <br />considered at the Council meeting on October 9, 2006. You may remember that the <br />previous application contained an easement for a driveway, which benefited the existing <br />home, and burdened the newly proposed lot. At that hearing the City attorney made <br />comment that a lots' size should be determined without including the easement area. <br />At the same hearing, the Mayor suggested that if the driveway was moved, removing <br />the need for an access easement, the minor subdivision would meet City codes. <br /> <br />The lots included in this application meet all of the City code requirements, <br />including lot size, lot width and access to a road. <br /> <br />Also, this application does not involve certain contentious issues, such as tree <br />removal, traffic safety because of multiple lots, or access to a substandard City road. <br />There are no mature trees on the newly proposed lot that will be removed. There will <br />only be the addition of a single lot, so traffic safety is not an issue. And, the street of <br />Woodlyn Ave. is built to City standards. <br /> <br />I note from the staff report that there is an issue with the lot lines. Specifically, <br />City code 11 03.06F requires that side lot lines "shall be substantially at right angles or <br />radial to the street line." The question before the Council of course being, what does <br />"substantially" mean. In the application before the Council, the westerly lot line is at <br />right angles to Woodlyn Ave. The easterly lot line is not entirely at right angles to <br />Woodlyn Ave. The easterly lot line is comprised of 77.5 feet that are at right angles (90 <br />degrees) to Woodlyn Ave., and 52 feet that are at a 64 degree angle to Woodlyn Ave. <br />